(Awaiting the enlightenment... ;^)
I'm awaitin' with ya! But first I gotta pee! Two hours+ and holdin'!! *VBG*
Sorry, for the faint of bladder!! ;-}
I haven't read the Koran and I have no doubt it says just that. Read the Talmud and the Old and New Testament and I'm sure you'll find a myriad of statements that are "incompatible" with our Republic as well.
Every religion believes it is the one true religon. Zealots take that to the extreme and become irrational. It is theocracy and zealotry that are incompatible with the Republic, not Islam.
America is steeped in the Judeo-Christiann tradition but that doesn't mean a Muslim can't be a good American, which is what you seemed to be saying. Don't fall prey to the wartime propoganda.
Religion and faith are powerfull things and will always be used by the wicked to do evil. That doesn't make faith evil. Almost any authentic religious belief is preferable to atheism. Our beef is with ideologists and terrorists, not believers of Islam. Islam has saved many our country's downtrodden when neither the government nor Jesus could. Islam is and will continue to be a positive influence inside the borders of our Republic. Don't believe hype.